Nearly a decade after Adam Driver killed Harrison Ford on the big screen, Star Wars fans are still harassing the actor for his character Kylo Ren’s impetuous decision to dispatch his on-screen father, Han Solo. “Somebody reminds me about that every day,” Driver told CNN’s Chris Wallace in a new …
Read More »Do Not Offer Cher a Chicken Nugget
On the latest episode of YouTuber Amelia Dimoldenberg’s Chicken Shop Date, Cher gamely parries jokey questions about where she would go if she could turn back time (age 40, “It was pretty good”) and if she believes in life after love (“Yeah, but it’s rough”), but there’s only one question …
Read More »Jussie Smollett Loses Conviction Appeal
Jussie Smollett has lost his conviction appeal, the Appellate Court of Illinois decided Friday. Two of the three Appeals Court judges ruled to uphold the conviction. The decision comes after the actor sought out a new trial in the case, in which he was found guilty on five counts of …
Read More »These Republicans Are Furious an Indicted Serial Liar Is No Longer in Congress
Serial liar and alleged fraudster George Santos is no longer a member of Congress. The New York Republican was expelled from his office on Friday after a successful two-thirds majority vote to secure his ouster. Of the 311 representatives who voted to remove Santos, 105 were members of his own …
Read More »The Weeknd Is Sending $2.5 Million Worth of Food to Gaza
The Weeknd‘s XO Humanitarian Fund is directing $2.5 million to Gaza, which will pay for the equivalent of more than four million emergency meals for affected civilians. The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) reports that the money pays for 820 metric tons of food, which could feed more than 173,000 …
Read More »Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Feid, And All the Songs You Need To Know This Week
WELCOME TO OURweekly rundown of thebest new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week,Taylor Swift surprise drops a gorgeous pre-breakup ballad, Beyoncéreturns to detonate the dance floor, and Jung Kook gets a hand from Usher on a slick disco tune. Plus, new tracks …
Read More »Keane Unearth 20-Year-Old Song They Wrote for 'Love Actually' But Was Turned Down
British rockers Keane have unearthed their previously unreleased song “Love Actually,” which, as the title suggests, was written for the beloved 2003 rom-com of the same name but ultimately unused by the film’s director. In defense of Love Actually director Richard Curtis, Keane wrote the song before the then-unknown band …
Read More »Holly Humberstone and Muna Are Eternally Doomed on New Version of 'Into Your Room'
Holly Humberstone‘s toxic devotion on “Into Your Room” gets a stamp of validation from Muna on an updated, collaborative recording of the Paint My Bedroom Black single. The British singer and songwriter recruited the three-piece band to bring the weight of their own emotional baggage to the studio. The trio …
Read More »Beyond THC and CBD: The New World of Rare Cannabinoids
Inside the tomb of a Chinese shaman buried nearly 3,000 years ago, archeologists discovered the oldest cannabis used by humans. For millennia, humans have been using cannabis for medicinal, spiritual and other purposes. However, no one knew what was inside cannabis and what created its effects… that is until the …
Read More »Meet the Brooklyn Social Worker Who Made One of the Best Indie Albums of the Year
When Anna Beckerman got the opportunity to go on her first-ever tour this past summer, she had to have an awkward conversation with her boss. “It was definitely weird,” Beckerman, a 29-year-old social worker at a Brooklyn preschool, recalls with a laugh. She reenacts the moment she revealed her side …
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